A-Rod Strikes A Pose For Details

Alex Rodriguez, photographed for the April issue of Details magazine by Steven Klein.

Hey, do you remember that A-Rod fellow? Plays third for the Yankees, ran into some scandal a few weeks ago then hurt his hip? Sound familiar at all? Just in case you hadn’t had enough of Alex Rodriguez, here comes the latest — an interview with Details magazine that confirms more of what we already knew; the guy absolutely doesn’t get it.

Start with the bizarre photos — did he really have to kiss his own reflection? Then you get to details like A-Rod calling up the interviewer because he was worried about revealing what his favorite Madonna song was. The day he worried about this just happened to be right after Selena Roberts confronted him with the steroids accusation. Guess now we know why he didn’t tell anyone on the Yankees about that, he was worried the world would learn that loves “Borderline”.

In the interview Rodriguez also says that he occasionally rides the subway to the stadium in a hoodie (does anyone believe that), "I've taken the subway to the stadium. For night games. The day to do it is a Friday, because traffic is horrible." There's also a priceless quote from his manager, "He really hasn't had the chance to show people who he really is."

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By Peter Trinkle in News on March 17, 2009 1:20 PM

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Asphyxia8

Madonna vs A-Rod

http://boyculture.typepad.com/boy_culture/2009/03/egos-on-steroids.html

Past Taliban

This pic is WRONG on so many levels ...

Rfive

No one has mentioned to mattress in the background. What's up with that?

galen408

I wonder if Yogi Berra ever did anything like this back in the day. Someone should ask him.

galen408

It's just you.

And maybe A-Rod.

Seizure

anyone else getting a chubby or is it just me?

felixthecat2

Lenny Dyskstra would called A-Rod faggy.

ed_Extinct

he doesn't take the subway... he's to much of a primadonna (pun intended) for that.

NYRefugee

O.k. I think the pic is Borderline Gay!! It'd be all the way Gay w/ a thought bubble of a mental note to snatch up the "Sex and the City" directors cut DVD while supplies last!! LMAO!!

nomnomnom

No borderline about it!

ChampionOfTheSun

I think I speak for most Met fans when I say, thank you Steve Phillips!

babyhitler

I like "borderline" too. Damn A-rod for making that song wack now.

Gwinny

aw, c'mon. if some chick were in the exact same pose, people would just say it was hot.

thefacts

And you would berate them as 'sexist'.

Gwinny

yeah, exactly! :)

Guest

That depends on the chick.

felixthecat2

it's not hot.

Wza

Ummm..ok.

Mookie Wilson

Gayest. Picture. Ever.

Trilby16

That looks very gay!

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

ed_Extinct

is he kissing himself?

nomnomnom

He is indeed kissing himself.

jaycjay

Well, it could be interpreted as that he's staring himself down. Going eye-to-eye, chin-to-in, with that tough guy A-Rod. That'd probably be the best thing for a photographer to say if they want to get that shot.

gimme

i suppose after the smooch he'll saunter over to the mattress there and start rodding himself from behind

JenChungsBaby

And to think this putz opted out of his contract and the Yankees brought him back and gave him a raise!

Guest

Can we petition Wikipedia to use this picture for the Narcissism entry?

jaycjay

Or for the "don't do everything the photographer tells you to do" entry.

wobbleSmith

i suddenly get the feeling a terribly misguided PR firm is behind all of this... as if signing the biggest contract in sports history wasn't good enough. he had to be higher profile, no matter how!